Kadar Koli #5

I know, I know, poetry is boring, hard to understand and full of words that don’t make complete [...]

something has to happen

Something always has to happen. In the story. It has to be real and convincing, like the sun rising or a gust of wind that picks up down the street and drags dead stiff leaves and animates plastic liquor store [...]

catch me reading this sunday (7/18)

I just received an invite to read at this July’s LitQuake/Instant City event, this Sunday in the Mission. I really have no other details other than when and where:

Gypsy Honeymoon and Heart Wine Bar

1266 Valencia St SF CA

Sunday, July 18 6-8 pm

Stop by, say [...]

MFA-like: (from the Citrak unabridged dictionary)

a MFA-like piece of writing can contain any one of the following:

  • unusual wordiness, usually in describing something not very important.
  • distinctive liberties in language with the express purpose of completely turning off any readership besides other MFA [...]

Self-Published Titles Skyrocket

according to PW Daily.

Not sure if this is a good thing or what. While i certainly don’t side with the traditional Publisher-Author model, my reasons for it are mostly financial. The authors simply don’t get a big enough cut for their work. [...]

and not only was he not his uncle, he never even went to school with his mother

He checked himself at all angles, and when he was happy with his look said to his uncle, “Yo, I’m exullerated. I mean, wait, did I say that [...]